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DAYS TO GO
SPORTathon 2024
Join us for 24 hours of challenges and fun, raising funds for New Life Special Care Babies.
SPORTathon 2024 is for everyone. Sign up for spinning, swimming, tennis, or yoga. Bring your family for games and face painting. End the day with PARTYathon—a night of music and food, all for a great cause.
SPORTathon stands as one of our largest annual fundraising events, generating an average of £40,000 each year to fund a dedicated project for a local Berkshire, Wiltshire, or Hampshire hospital. Join us in making a meaningful impact!
Trevor Goodall, Founder and CEO
WELCOME FROM NEW LIFE
Many of you know my story, but others may not. My twins, Joshua and Samuel were born at 24 weeks but only survived a week. That was 29 years ago. The charity was born out of this very sad time.
Neonatal care has come a long way since then, and so has the charity. It has raised £1.6m, helped over 23 neonatal units in the UK and made a difference to over 1000 premature babies’ lives. Put simply, we help premature and very sick tiny babies thrive not just survive. Without the support of people and families like you this would not be possible.
Every person swimming, cycling or running; every raffle ticket bought, and child’s face painted makes a difference and makes me so proud of what, together, we can achieve.
Thank you to each and every one of you for supporting New Life in 2024.
New Life is a charity dedicated to raising money for special care babies. We do this by fundraising from sporting and social events, individual challenges, sponsorship, and donations.
We liaise with Neo-Natal Consultants to determine what equipment they need. Requests are usually for specialist life-saving neo-natal equipment, but we have also funded specialist training courses as well as provided specific items for individual families such as specialist blankets and clothing and breast pumps.
In many cases, the equipment we buy is often unavailable on the NHS.
THE CHARITY
WELCOME FROM DAVID LLOYD
“For the fifth year running, David Lloyd Newbury is hosting this incredible event, and I couldn’t be more thrilled and pleased. The last one was really successful and raised a significant sum of money for a unique charity.
With even more events introduced to the Sportathon this year, more people will have the chance to participate, therefore I’m optimistic that we can surpass the goal established for the previous event.
I want to express my gratitude to my coaching staff for giving their time and effort to assist this unique occasion. A special thank you to the management and employees of DL, who go above and beyond to support our efforts this year. It’s going to be an amazing weekend, and I’m looking forward to
seeing old friends and making new ones.
Finally, I want to say that I am incredibly proud to work with such a wonderful charity, with people who are not just passionate about the cause, but who are also having a blast.
Let’s do it again....but even better!!”
